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THE
AFRICAN REPOSITORY,
AND
COLOJYIAL JOURJVAL.
Vol. XIII.] OCTOBER, 1837. [No. 10.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Athens, (Georgia) August 7th, i837.
To the Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society:
Gentlemen: Since my last communication, I have'conferred with
many respectable citizens of this town, and of other places in this
State, on the subject of the American Colonization Society, and found
them in most instances, disposed to receive information of its views,
history and prospects, and to' give to it their approbation. The Reports both of the Parent and Virginia Societies, have been placed in
the hands of Gentlemen of candor and influence, and, have done
much towards removing the prejudice and hostility which have too
extensively prevailed, in this region, against the scheme of African
Colonization.
As this town enjoys a high character, throughout the State 0f*
wealth, education, and political influence, and is the residence of
several individuals well known for their integrity and talents both in
the Legislature of Georgia, and the councils of tbe Nation, I have
felt a strong desire to submit the claims of the Society to the attention of its citizens at a public meeting. But every movement on the
subject here, to he useful, must be made with caution and discretion.
The doctrines and measures of the Abolitionists have excited a very
general spirit of distrust (not to say antipathy) in regard to the'i&oSF*
unexceptionable plans of good for any portion of the coloured population ; and so entirely has the press in Georgia and South Carolina
excluded intelligence concerning the Colonization Society, that it is
still exposed to popular jealousy and suspicion. In many minds there
is no just discrimination between its views and tendencies, and those
of a Soeiety which has sought from the iirst, by all methods, and with
singular zeal and activity, to ruin its character and destroy its existence.
Having consulted several Gentlemen who were familiar with the
proceedings and attached to the interests of the Society, I addressed
a letter to a few of the principal citizens of Athens, soliciting their
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THE
AFRICAN REPOSITORY,
AND
COLOJYIAL JOURJVAL.
Vol. XIII.] OCTOBER, 1837. [No. 10.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Athens, (Georgia) August 7th, i837.
To the Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society:
Gentlemen: Since my last communication, I have'conferred with
many respectable citizens of this town, and of other places in this
State, on the subject of the American Colonization Society, and found
them in most instances, disposed to receive information of its views,
history and prospects, and to' give to it their approbation. The Reports both of the Parent and Virginia Societies, have been placed in
the hands of Gentlemen of candor and influence, and, have done
much towards removing the prejudice and hostility which have too
extensively prevailed, in this region, against the scheme of African
Colonization.
As this town enjoys a high character, throughout the State 0f*
wealth, education, and political influence, and is the residence of
several individuals well known for their integrity and talents both in
the Legislature of Georgia, and the councils of tbe Nation, I have
felt a strong desire to submit the claims of the Society to the attention of its citizens at a public meeting. But every movement on the
subject here, to he useful, must be made with caution and discretion.
The doctrines and measures of the Abolitionists have excited a very
general spirit of distrust (not to say antipathy) in regard to the'i&oSF*
unexceptionable plans of good for any portion of the coloured population ; and so entirely has the press in Georgia and South Carolina
excluded intelligence concerning the Colonization Society, that it is
still exposed to popular jealousy and suspicion. In many minds there
is no just discrimination between its views and tendencies, and those
of a Soeiety which has sought from the iirst, by all methods, and with
singular zeal and activity, to ruin its character and destroy its existence.
Having consulted several Gentlemen who were familiar with the
proceedings and attached to the interests of the Society, I addressed
a letter to a few of the principal citizens of Athens, soliciting their
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